t?”
“I love you.”
Bugger.
She stares at me. In for a penny.
“I love you. I have always loved you. I remember your letterin the hospital. I remember
asking Gonzo to find us somewhere to have a date. He got me a suit. You had that amazing
dressfrom nowhereby magic. We made love in the castleall night. And when I smell
jasmine I think of youof getting married and of how you hated the cityso Jim Hepsobah
helped me find a house in the mountains. I remember carrying you over the threshold and
falling overand we just lay there and laughed.
” The only time I have ever been
comfortable on a floor. Leah is shaking her headher whole body twisting one way and
another in denial. She has not let go of my hand. We are welded together by pain. “Leah
please . . .” But please what? And because I don’t knowI apologise. I tell her I am sorry.
My outburst was inappropriate.
She looks at me sharply. Certainty. I have sealed my own rejection. Leah loves a man who
would never be concerned with inappropriate. Leah loves a man who would have brushed
her objections aside and held herand been slapped if need be. Leah loves a man who does
not do stalemate.
Gonzo.
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